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confuseverb to throw into a state of mental uncertaintythe similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex stick, stump, weird outabash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattleagitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upsetbeguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick blow one's mind, go to one's head assure, reassure, satisfyenlighten, inform to make (something) unclear to the understandingstop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts becloud, befog, blur, cloud, fog, muddy, obfuscate complicate, perplex, sophisticateentangle, snarl, tangledisarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, scramble, shuffle, tousle, upset clarify, clear (up), illuminate simplify, streamlinedisentangle, straighten (out), undo, unravel, unscramble, untangledecipher, decodeanalyze, break down to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or relateda lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement conflate, confound, mistake, mix (up) lump (together)misapply, miscall, misidentify, misname difference, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate to throw into a state of self-conscious distressshe was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal abash, confound, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upsetdebase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer, shame calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothebuoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, heartenassure, reassure to undo the proper order or arrangement ofvandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset embroil, entangle, snarl, tangleagitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettleclutter arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal(also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy align(also aline), line, line up, queueclassify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemizeadjust, fixgroom, make up, spruce (up)unscramble in the 14th century |